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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Nov 2;241:109681. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109681

Table 2:

Relationship between HDHP Offer and Total Family Health Care Spending

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Total family health care spending Health care spending for member with SUD Health care spending for other members Spending on SUD services

Average percentage point change in probability of any spending (95% CI) attributable to HDHP offer
Post X Treatment −0.014 (−0.031, 0.004) −0.014 (−0.031, 0.003) −0.015* (−0.031, 0.001) −0.024*** (−0.038, −0.010)
Observations 317,353 317,353 317,353 317,353
R-squared 0.246 0.111 0.218 0.143
Pre-HDHP offer mean 0.990 0.949 0.902 0.392

Average change in conditional spending (95% CI) attributable to HDHP offer
Post X Treatment −1,545.78*** (−2,270.86, −820.70) −1,184.79*** (−1,844.79, −525.20) −359.00*** (−602.32, −115.68) 72.52 (−153.35, 298.38)
Observations 313,859 298,740 287,879 108,431
R-squared 0.366 0.259 0.262 0.167
Pre-HDHP offer mean 20,226 13,826 7,655 3,724

Notes: The relationship between the family HDHP offer and the probability of any spending and spending, conditional on any spending are shown. Post X Treatment coefficients were calculated a difference-in-differences framework comparing families at treatment (HDHP offer) vs. comparison employers (no HDHP offer) with employer and year fixed effects. All models were adjusted for the documented age, sex, and race/ethnicity of the policyholder, family income and median Census block education levels, the number of family members, and the presence of chronic conditions among any family member derived from the Chronic Conditions Warehouse (CCW) methodology. Probability of any spending were modeled as linear probability models. Spending, conditional on any spending, was log-transformed and coefficient estimates were exponentiated to obtain relative spending coefficients. Pre-HDHP offer means were calculated among families at treatment employers prior to the HDHP offer. All measures were constructed from the OptumLabs Data Warehouse for the years 2007 to 2017.